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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 21, p. 27.

POPULATION 27 than in any other cantonment in Oudh; but on June 1o, 1857, they ceased to obey orders and the officers were warned to depart. The whole of the European staff was allowed to escape and reached Allahabad safely. The District then reverted to its former lawless state under the Oudh government, though little help was sent to the rebel army at Lucknow. Some of the Kanhpurias at once began plundering, but the talukdàrs for the most part were not actively rebellious. After the fall of Lucknow, however, their opposition became more marked, and that of 'Rang Ben! Madho Bakhsh of Shankarpur in Baisward was especially determined. On the other hand, the Raja, of Murarmau was loyal throughout, and several of the important taluhddrs surrendered early and gave valuable services. It was not till the end of October that Lord Clyde made his great combined movement on Baiswara, which ended in the flight of Beni Madho a month later. Rae Barel! then became the head-quarters of the District ; but its shape and size were considerably altered in 1869, when part was transferred to Unao and part to Bara Bank!, while additions were made from Sultanpur and Partabgarh. The District contains many ancient mounds, some of which have yielded stone carvings, terra-cotta images, and other memorials dating from Buddhist times. The chief places of archaeological interest are JAls, DALMAU, and RAE BARELY. Rae Barell contains 4 towns and 1,736 villages. The population has fluctuated. At the four enumerations the numbers were: (1869) 989,oo8, (1881) 951,905, (1891), 1,036,521, and (rgor) r,o33,761, There is some reason to suppose Population. that the Census of 1869 overstated, and that of r88r understated, the actual population. The District suffered from famine in 1877-8 and again in 1896-7. There are four tahsils-RnE BARELY, DALMAU, MAHARAJGANJ, and SALON-each named from its head-quarters. The principal towns are the municipality of RAE BARELY and JAYS. The following table gives the chief statistics of population in rgol ;- O O O` • `•+ Y ~ Number of o ~... a,'- C o O F1 b.oa.^ ow w d.U O c Tahasil. a ... ~i °- .~ i.S,ro e a' .ô û' â3 C ° û.3 ô ~o = ~;â ro z,w E w Râe Bareli 371 1 353 223,505 6o2 + 0.7 8,192 Dalmau . 472 1 575 270,900 514 - 1.8 9,987 Mahârâjganj 465 ,2. 364 278,o86 598 + 0.5 8,342 Salon 440 414 261,270 594 - 0-3 6,198 District total 1,748 4 1,736 1,033,761 59, - 0.3 32,719 Hindus form 91 per cent. of the total, and Musalmâns nearly 9 per VOL. XX1. c